The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-13

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The ff:s:.alar 5 campaign is now fairly
begun. HIS plans have been ere tins
fd1ly matured. 20 execute them IS now
the matter OF supreme Importance. How
often failure comes Just at tlis point:
Men who can Ell you just hos q thing
should be done frequently lack the
capacity to 90 Il themselves or have
others do i unGer 5ls:r direction. Tie
thing called s'execv5i'e po:s ho@
far-reaching and important :: every
avocation! How indispensable 80 the
farmer! He nust manage la5ore.s,
stock, machines, manureS, sc5:S, crops Of
various kinds; he must ta;g2t cod, heat.
storms, rains, foods, dro"g,s., insects
bights, rrsts, n4i!Gews ana >.asts. i
great many distinct ,hiags u.:2sss55 be mace
to work together ior Il given end. Row
multifarious the operations which finally
terminate in g bale OF cotton o.c :. lb1,sh2l
ofcorn. Andy yet wea-e told t22;..tt anyI2l;sn
can be farmer. Yes, &2y one can put
SEEDS in the ground, any cne can noe
grass, any one can walk behind pIoT-
but IS that all? When to plant, how TO
plant, what TO plant; when to lo-', To-"
to pillow. What breadth oS a.-owl";?ge,
what discriminating judgment 90 these
demand! Let the ,;outhS vino :ack these
qualities so 20 the cities; IL country
has TO place for them.
But to matters ROW directly = hand.
The planting OF the cotton ccop con-
fronts us--shalI it be e&cl.: or late?
Opinions differ. Where experience fails
to decide We can only appeal 70 general
principles. Il is cutie certain taat plants
have some degree OF piastscity-tinlatt
they are modified 10 sono sE1ect by
climatic conditions. Seed Of early com
from the North, planted in tie South Tor
several years, without fresh i!aporta-
ton, acquires later habit q maturing.
How is this: The plant c&22oS be con
ceived OF as having &n intelligence which
enables it to anticipate the gles::--aZ length
OF our seasons and regulate IS growth
accordin gly; and yet it behaves just as
if it had such intelligence. Again. our
native corn, planted very e::=!v- in the
spring, tends TO produce smaller stalks
bat larger ears than that planted late IN
the season. May not s!c2ilr 5cnGency
develop in early planted cotton? The
cold Of early spring chii;s t;4ss tropical
plant and threatens rs GestrucSio-2.
Threat OF determination always 4l>lczens
the reproductive processes ~ plants.
The little cockle-ourr which comes up
late in summer, even though i 0oes rot
grow more t1an SIX inches A;G1, VII
have bloom and mature sees. "a he
tropics cotton grows aimos5 1910 q nee,
but produces little fruit; II temperate
zones it is dwarfed II size, h;:t Increased
in iruisssuiness. Nay It not 30 that tcc
chilling ii gets II early sp1!n.S; preols-
poses i to fruitfulness? L woalG seem
That young placts very soon tx the style
of growth they are 20 keep Up 2prln9
the season. L they st2ct out TO make q
large, luxuria2t stalk they seeGl 10 strive
to carry it out TO the end.
Our individual experience has been IN
favor of ear}y-plantsd cotton. Il does
not grow Of quite as well, and IS co2se-
ouentlY somewhat harder 20 work, bat
fruits bette-, opens early and can De
housed and sold early II tee season.
Then, agar, early planting IS more apt
to bring good stands, for there IS then
usually enough moisture in the soil to
still bring the plants up; later It Is apt to
be too dry. Ater trying ''plansers' ana
other modern modes OF planting cotton,
we have gone back to the old-t;n,e
method OF covering seed with a good LIST
by double-foot plow and either knock
ing off with board or leveling down
with a harrow. Cotton SEED viii rot
come Up through thick covering OF
earth, but they will sprout and get
ready to come up when thus covered,
and viii appear above tle s1rface
promptly when the saDe.GuoUs Dirt IS
removed by board or harrow. Eear II
mind, this knocking of CT narrowing IS
not labor lost; 1t IS really equivalent 10
first working. For two years We nave
tried the broadcast narrowing u cotton
with snoot ing hsrrow. II vas done
the first time just as the cotton began 10
come up. The harrow was run ool3qUeiy
sc-oss the rows. About a week later It
was run again ST right angles to the first.
It may be run squarely across the rows,
but never up and down them, Cor il the
latter case il would almost certainly IL
lure the stand. Where tie land was
clean and free from obstructic2s, the
work was very satisfactory; even Where
land was not perfectly clean, the stand
was not much injured. Il 10 rs.1n has
fallen since the soil was sIIiir-ec; by the
plow, the harrow tends to ran 100 deep;
where the soil IS crusted II works &aeiy.
Il one does not use q harrow the
scrape should be started Just IS scon as
the first cotton makes It's appearance.
The wing next the cotton should be sci
perfectly fat and the cotton SIDED Sc
closely that the two furrows almost
meet. Very little dirt VIII be thrown OF
the Young cotton, and even II some IS, II
1tT , aSxiv!c1fere seriously with i: IL
:-RSo.. e Should the ground nt
steG, t. crust viii be broken; more
n, the grass which usually comes u
with the cotton VII be killed. Nothing
contributes more 70 the easy, pleasant
working OF cotton crop rlaG 70 bsg!1
pIowing it early and plowin9 i o!ten L
The early stages oE g.owt!!l. We sener
ally leave TOO muci: io2 the 122 to &c
BY running the plow ea-iy, properly
and often the hoe-work rla!E be GEeaal
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